Southeast Regional Final Auditions

Auditions:Please join us on March 3rd, 2019 for the Regional Auditions!2:00PM

Hosted at the beautiful Spivey Hall, of Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia 30260Admission price $40.00Guest Performer: Lawson AndersonA former management consultant with an MBA from Columbia Business School, Lawson Anderson has made waves in the opera world coming off of his Top Prize finish at the 2018 George London Foundation Competition; First Prize award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s 2017 International Vocal Competition; 2017 Opera Index Top Prize Arthur E. Walters Memorial Award; representing the USA as a Finalist of the 2017 Hans Gabor Belvedere finals in Moscow and the 2018 Viñas Contest in Barcelona; a Grand Finalist of the 2017 Anita Cerquetti Voice Competition; 2017 Grant Winner from the Giulio Gari Foundation; and 2017 Eastern Region Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.Anderson has grabbed headlines: “Lawson Anderson is irresistible” (Rupert Christiansen of The Telegraph) as an interpreter of Mozart, particularly in the title roles of Le nozze di Figaro with Nevill Holt Opera at the grand opening of their new theater; with the Music Academy of the West under the baton of James Conlon; and at the Berlin Opera Festival and Don Giovanni with the Cleveland Opera.

Prizes Awarded

Ryan Smith Memorial First Place Award Winner receives $6,000 and goes to New York to compete in the National Semi-finals.Second Place Winner receives $3,000.Third Place Winner receives $1,500.Two Encouragement Awards, each receives $500.